libertyplz
03-28-2015, 04:21 PM
Article by Weigel regarding Criminal Justice reform.
In the last few months, that narrative has shifted. The Republicans who control Congress and most of the states are taking a larger role in the reform push. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who has co-sponsored a series of reform bills, is giving talks to black audiences that draw scores of reporters.
More than the possibly pernicious influence of the Koch brothers, some Democrats worry that their thunder is being stolen. “One of the great ironies for me, having spent all this time on criminal justice reform, is how the Democrats have basically ceded this incredibly important issue to the Republicans,” former Virginia Senator Jim Webb told Vox’s Ezra Klein this month. “Rand Paul's the guy who's been running with it.”
Read more at the source:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-27/rand-paul-and-the-koch-brothers-are-having-a-nixon-in-china-moment
In the last few months, that narrative has shifted. The Republicans who control Congress and most of the states are taking a larger role in the reform push. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who has co-sponsored a series of reform bills, is giving talks to black audiences that draw scores of reporters.
More than the possibly pernicious influence of the Koch brothers, some Democrats worry that their thunder is being stolen. “One of the great ironies for me, having spent all this time on criminal justice reform, is how the Democrats have basically ceded this incredibly important issue to the Republicans,” former Virginia Senator Jim Webb told Vox’s Ezra Klein this month. “Rand Paul's the guy who's been running with it.”
Read more at the source:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-27/rand-paul-and-the-koch-brothers-are-having-a-nixon-in-china-moment